Need help on first TD

[Torin]

its going great execpt for three things idk how to do (sry if they seem noobish) first; When a wave of creeps spawn to and begin to run the maze they run jumbled together in a pack and they stop moving every now and then because they cant cut turns all together... how can i make them run single-file like in most TDs? Second: would i use an integer varible for a leader board showing player name/ # of kills and how could i do that. and Third: How do i set the teams lives and how do i make it to where if a creep leaks through that a life is lost? thankx ^^ sry if it seems alot (eenans prolley laughin rite now)

[3ICE]

how can i make them run single-file like in most TDs?

Spawn one at a time and wait 0.2 or 0.5 sec between two spawns. Periodic spawn trigger by 3ICE
.... Events
........ Player - Player 12 (Brown)'s Food used becomes Equal to 0.00
.... Conditions
.... Actions
........ Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 12 (Brown) at SpawnPoint facing 0.00 degrees
........ Wait 0.20 seconds
........ Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 12 (Brown) at SpawnPoint facing 0.00 degrees
........ Wait 0.20 seconds
........ Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 12 (Brown) at SpawnPoint facing 0.00 degrees
........ Wait 0.20 seconds
........ Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 12 (Brown) at SpawnPoint facing 0.00 degrees
........ Wait 0.20 seconds
........ Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 12 (Brown) at SpawnPoint facing 0.00 degrees
........ Wait 0.20 seconds
........ Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 12 (Brown) at SpawnPoint facing 0.00 degrees
........ Wait 0.20 seconds

would i use an integer varible for a leader board showing player name/ # of kills and how could i do that.

Yes, the best practice is using an integer array, lets call it "Kills" Count Kills trigger by 3ICE
.... Events
........ Unit - A unit owned by Player 12 (Brown) Dies
.... Conditions
.... Actions
........ Set Kills[(Player number of (Owner of (Killing unit)))] = (Kills[(Player number of (Owner of (Killing unit)))] + 1)
........ Leaderboard - Change the value for (Owner of (Killing unit)) in (Last created leaderboard) to Kills[(Player number of (Owner of (Killing unit)))]
I guess you already know how to create the leaderboard and add the players to it.

How do i set the teams lives and how do i make it to where if a creep leaks through that a life is lost?

TD leak trigger by 3ICE
.... Events
........ Unit - A unit enters LeakRegion <gen>
.... Conditions
........ (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Player 12 (Brown)
.... Actions
........ Set Lives = (Lives - 1)
........ If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
............ If - Conditions
................ Lives Equal to 0
............ Then - Actions
................ Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Game - Defeat (Picked player) with the message: gg)
............ Else - Actions

--3ICE

[Torin]

Awsome thanx 3ICE ^_^

[3ICE]

No problem.

Leaving this thread open, should you have more questions, post here.

--3ICE

[Torin]

I do have a few problems though I cant get my leader board to show up (which i think i can fix on my own)and when i try to set the life loss triggers it wants a value i dont know what to put at.. for example if i wanted the trigger to start with 25 lives (which it does and then i go through the event and conditions but at the actions.....

....... Unit - a unit enters Leakregion <gen>

........ (Owner of (Killling unit)) Equal to Player 10 (light blue)

........ Set Lives[value] = Index- 1 how can i make it to where there is no Index there and its just- 1? thankx in advance btw: the color coded Set Lives[index] = value- 1 is in a window because since i cannot specify a value for [index] i cant press ok If you didnt understand my question here is a screen shot of my problem

[3ICE]

I don't know English good enough to be able to explain that. Basically just click OK and it'll work. If you still can't get it to work, I'll capture a video of me doing it...

EDIT: Leaderboard - Show

[Torin]

i cant click okay unless i specify a value for the red.... should it be zero? because it wont let me just make it -1....i think you'll have to make a vid or sumthing... im running a map test now ill repost if it works if i dont repost i still need help

[3ICE]

Here you go:

If this GIF looks weird, let me know (Plays fine on my computer in every browser except I.View32)

--3ICE

EDIT: I accidentally named the variable "Lives". It should have been "Kills". Not a big problem though, this video is for explaining how to work with Arithmetic Functions, not about creating a trigger.

--3ICE

[Torin]

oH! i was in arithmetic not player number. can u not delete this thread becasuse i wont be near the computer with my war3 map for a while thanks^^

[3ICE]

Sure. I never delete anything to preserve knowledge.
Other users with the same problem as yours can find this thread via search and they'll be good to go.
We are on Google.